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WWII Battles 1942-1945: Overview, Impacts, and Victories

Learn about the military and diplomatic impacts of WWII, including new military techniques, the mobilization of civilians, and the emergence of a new world order.

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WWII Battles 1942-1945: Overview, Impacts, and Victories

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  1. WWII Battles 1942 - 1945

  2. I. Overview of Military & Diplomatic Impacts of WWII: • Global & Total War Bring Unprecedented Devastation • New military techniques & technologies • Examples: Aerial “Fire Bombing”, Paratroopers, Amphibious Invasions, Radar, Flame Throwers, Nuclear Weapons • Civilians across the globe mobilized & targeted • 50 million dead/wounded world wide -- 1 million US dead/wounded

  3. World War II Deaths

  4. I. Overview of Military & Diplomatic Impacts of WWII: • New World Order Emerges • U.S. ends isolationism & accepts role as world “superpower” during & after war • Traditional European powers influence diminishes as war progresses • US/USSR power struggle (aka “the Cold War”) begins even before WWII officially ends

  5. 3 Main “Theaters” of WWII

  6. II. North Africa Campaign 1942

  7. Gen. George Patton First minute

  8. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander

  9. Italian Campaign - 1943- 1944

  10. III. European Theater

  11. D – Day June 6th, 1944

  12. Operation Fortitude

  13. 5000 vessels 150,000 men 30,000 vehicles Six parachute regiments – over 13,000 men 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over Normandy in advance of the invasion By nightfall on June 6, 10,000 Allied soldiers were dead , but more than 100,000 had made it ashore

  14. Battle of the Bulge -- December, 1944 Casualties: American: 19,000 killed, 47,500 wounded, 23,000 captured or missing German: 67,200 to 100,000 killed, wounded/captured/missing 3 min. 3 min.

  15. USSR Battles Nazis on Eastern Front – 1942 – 1944

  16. Casualties at Stalingrad: 700,000 Axis 1,100,000 Soviets

  17. US B-17’s & P-51’s Bomb Germany

  18. Dresden & Hamburg Fire Bombed – Spring 1945

  19. Allies Meets USSR At Elbe River April, 1945 VE Day – May 8th

  20. IV. Pacific “Theater”

  21. The Battle of Midway June 1942

  22. 52:00-57:00

  23. “Island Hopping” Strategy

  24. IV. Pacific “Theater”

  25. Battle of Iwo Jima Feb./March, 1945

  26. 1:23-1:29 U.S. 7000 dead, 19,000 wounded Japan 20,000 dead, 1000 captured

  27. “Conventional” bombing devastates Japan in spring/summer 1945 (over 60 cities destroyed) 100,000 killed in firebombing of Tokyo First 1-2 minutes

  28. 82-Day Long Battle of Okinawa convinces some American leaders that Japanese leaders will not consider surrender Kamikaze神風 Attacks (2,525) 70 U.S. vessels "sunk or damaged beyond repair“ Deaths: Japanese military 77,166 U.S. military 14,000 Japanese civilians 149,000

  29. Harry S Truman Becomes President April, 1945

  30. Manhattan Project Develops Atomic Bomb – Completed July, 1945 J. RobertOppenheimer – head scientist Employed 130,000 people & cost $2 Billion ($27 billion in 2011 dollars) Original Target Germany. New Target: Japan

  31. Potsdam Conference – July 1945 – “Big Three” plan end of WWII Japan rejects surrender ultimatum US & UK do not reveal existence of A-Bomb to USSR

  32. Hiroshima & Nagasaki August 6th & 9th 1945

  33. 30 seconds August, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki suffer Atomic Bomb

  34. Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender V J Day - September 2, 1945

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